medio
average
adjective MEH-dyoh Common
Origin: Latin medius (middle)
Also means
middle, medium
Usage Note
Medio agrees in gender and number: medio, media, medi, medie. As a noun la media means 'the average' or school grade average. The phrase Medio Oriente is the Middle East. A false-friend warning: medio does NOT mean 'medium' as in steak doneness — for that Italians use media cottura or simply borrow 'medium'.
Examples
"Lo studente ha un voto medio."
Natural Translation
The student has an average grade.

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